You use a small amount of mana to reform the golem that returned from Argandia, and as it clambers up from the ground you decide on a whim to name it Jeff. However, shortly after you think that you sense something from the golem, curiosity and confusion towards the name Jeff followed by ... pride? You observe it for a few more moments, but after it no longer reacts you decide to turn your attention towards other matters for the time being, namely the creation of golems using Iron and Mana Iron rather than the stone of your planetary body.
The first new golem you create is of Iron, and you find its creation easy despite how much more taxing it is on your power to create a golem from pure iron instead of the more malleable stone. It takes you only moments to create a golem from the Iron you dragged from your depths, but the moment you finish you can tell there is a difference between this golem and those of stone, a gap that cannot be crossed through improvement or enlightenment caused by the quality of what the construct was built from. Your new golem is thrice as durable as the stone golems, perhaps it could resist the strange attack from the flying metal construct that assaulted Jeff, and its strength is far greater though there are few differences aside from that.
Finally, you drag a chunk of Mana Iron to the surface that's large enough to create a golem and quickly begin to refine it using the arrays required to craft a golem though this time you encounter a vast amount of resistance requiring you to pour in a large amount of Mana to forge it. By the time you're done you find your mana heavily exhausted, but barely take notice as a strange occurrence happens to the newly forged golem as the brilliant blue glow of mana seems to rush into the very center of its chest to form an orb that quickly crystallizes before sinking beneath the surface of the red colored Mana Iron. Curious you begin to investigate the Mana Iron Golem and fine the core it formed seems to absorb the mana in the air around it while radiating a very small amount out naturally, you're not entirely sure what effect this will have, but certainly it can't be bad.
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With the new golems created you set about studying the symbols that make up the Mana Gathering Array, and years buzz by as you throw the entirety of your concentration into studying these strange symbols as you break them apart, rearrange them, place them alone, and generally attempt to find how they react to every situation you can create. It takes you a short while to discover what each of the symbols of the array mean, and you quickly recognize that the same five symbols are used repeatedly throughout the array, they appear to be the real key to the array while the shape of the array assists in performing what they mean. The symbols are repeated in several specific setups though the exact combination is always the same, 'Percipio navitas ac teneo intra', with this you only need some practice in arranging them in a smaller space to create a down scaled mana array. Of course the thing that puzzles you is the seventh symbol that is placed in a total of ten places in each array, 'Jungo', it seems to facilitate the creation of array networks but your attempts to increase the number of it used repeatedly results in utter failure.
Mana: 350/1500 (+101 Mana a year)
Planetary Body Info
Surface: (117 out of 360 Space used)
2x Mana Gathering Array Network [An interconnected system of smaller arrays consisting of ten in total that gather mana from the cosmos, and draw it into you.]
Mana Gathering Array [A mana gathering array. Draws a minuscule amount of mana.]
Sage's Teleportation Array [A vast array whose purpose is to move things from your surface to Argandia, inactive.]
Underground:
Small Tunnel System [It seems there is a series of tunnels, and chambers spread out underneath that strange array that for the most part seem bear though some of them seem to still contain items inside of them. Several of these chambers have some form of barrier around them that prevents you from seeing inside. Sealed off from the surface.]
Crystal Core [The very heart of your planetary body is made of a mass of mana-infused crystal in such a great amount that the Mana it contains outclasses what you can hold by a hundred fold.]
Mana Crystal Relays [Several crystal relays stretch into the heart of your body allowing you access to the crystal core contained within.]
Isolated Chamber [A chamber that is on the opposite side of your body from the tunnel system under your mana gathering array. You are unable to see inside, but you can clearly sense an entity within it that holds a power greater than your current capabilities. The entire chamber is enveloped in a array far beyond the mana gathering array's complexity that seems to be sealing whatever is inside. This array seems almost primordial in nature.]
Mana-infused Crystals Lodes [All deposits completely emptied from experiments, creation of internal crystal relay spires, and a frantic absorption of mana when you nearly died from mana deprivation.]
Iron Ore Deposit [There is one massive deposit of iron ore buried deep within your planetary body, even though its a fairly mundane material perhaps it could be of some use to you in the future. A small chunk is missing.]
Mana Iron Deposits [There are dozens of tiny deposits of iron scattered throughout your body that have seemingly attracted mana during the time it took you to form though how it differs from normal iron you're completely unsure aside from it being far more durable. One of the deposits has been emptied for the purposes of golem crafting.]
Lead Deposits [There are roughly seven small deposits of lead which seem to disperse mana on contact.]
Spells/Inherent Powers
Earth Movement - You can manipulate the rock that makes up your body though the more you move the more mana you will exhaust.
Crystal Melding - You can somewhat capably meld the mana-infused crystals into semi-detailed shapes.
Mana Lash - Compressing mana into a line you launch it at your target causing physical damage from the high speed condensed mana. The more mana poured into the attack the stronger it will be.
Manasight - Using Mana to improve your perception you can now clearly observe things that might have otherwise be hidden away underground, or such. Currently the range of this sight seems to be restricted to your surface, and within your body.
Store/Retrieve Mana - Through intense study you have determined a method through which you can store mana inside of special materials, or formations that can hold mana. You have also devised a means by which to extract mana.
Known Magical Arrays
Lesser Mana Gathering Array [Costs 15 Mana to create one, takes up 4 Space, can be connected together in a network that causes the array to be more effective. Base Mana Income is 1. Five connected Arrays increases it to 10, and potentially at ten connected arrays it increases to 50. The current limit of connected arrays is ten for your level of knowledge] [Progress Towards Miniaturization: 45 out of 100;]
Sage's Teleportation Array [Costs 1000 Mana to create, and 100 Mana to operate afterwards. Takes up 15 space. This array creates a gateway between your location and Argandia allowing you to freely move things between the two!]
Known Constructs
Crystal Spire Relay [Cost varies based on size, requires Mana-infused Crystal to make. These spires naturally create a mesh of mana around them allowing your perception to move even farther than before.]
Stone Golem [Costs 10 Mana to create a single golem. These golems can follow mildly complex instructions, are extremely durable, do not tire, and can run almost indefinitely off of the mana used to create them.]
Iron Golem [Costs 30 Mana to create a single golem. These golems can follow mildly complex instructions, are extremely durable, do not tire, and run indefinitely off the mana used in their creation. They are far more durable than the stone golems.]
Mana Iron Golem [Costs 100 Mana to create a single golem. These golems can follow mildly complex instructions, are extremely durable, do not tire, and run indefinitely off the mana used in their creation. Strangely enough this creature seems to have formed a strange core of sorts in its center that both absorbs, and radiates mana.]
Known Arcane Symbols
Percipio [This symbol appears to mean "To grasp" or "To apprehend".]
Navitas [This symbol appears to mean "Energy" which while a rather broad term seems to mean Mana.]
Teneo [This symbol appears to mean "hold", "possess", or "keep".]
ac [This symbol seems to act as a connection for other symbols, its meaning appears to be "and".]
Intra [This symbol seems to mean "within" or "inside".]
Jungo [This symbol appears to mean 'connect", "join together", or "compound".]
On your Planetary Body:
Jeff the Stone Golem [Can follow mildly complex instructions, extremely durable, tireless. Unarmed. Partial Intelligence(?)]
37 Stone Golems [Can follow mildly complex instructions, extremely durable, tireless. Unarmed.]
Iron Golem [Can follow mildly complex instructions, extremely durable, tireless. Unarmed.]
Mana Iron Golem [Can follow mildly complex instructions, extremely durable, tireless. Has a strange core that absorbs and radiates mana. Unarmed.]
GM Note: The names and meanings are based off of Latin words, but don't exactly work like Latin cause that'd be too much work for me
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